The competition was part of an ‘Epic Rewards Giveaway’ at US retailer GameStop and for once that description doesn’t seem to be hyperbole.

All customer Nathanial Stehley did was pre-order Mario Kart 7 on 3DS and a man dressed as Mario turned up to gift him the kart above.The kart was created by West Coast Customs and is described as ‘fully functional’, although according to website Ubergizmo it’s not clear whether it’s road legal.We’re pretty sure that driving around throwing banana skins and gouged out tortoise shells at people is definitely illegal, but there’s no evidence yet that Stehley has tried any of that.